stipendium finansförbundet

Applying for a scholarship

Have you written an essay about the financial sector? Or about equality and diversity, or both? Submit it to us and you could receive SEK 25,000.

Our scholarships reward essays about the financial sector. Essays about equality and diversity, are also eligible for awards from Centrala Jämställdhets- och Mångfaldskommittén (the Swedish Central Equality and Diversity Committee). 

Applying for Finansförbundet's scholarship 

In the spring and autumn semesters, we award scholarships to one or more applicants of up to SEK 25,000 for essays about the banking and finance industry. The scholarships are only available to our student members that have written a bachelor's or master's thesis. If several authors have written an essay, not all of them need to be members to be eligible. 

The jury consists of our industry committee, with members of our board and secretariat. Submissions are assessed on the following criteria:  

  • The writer having produced a bachelor's or master's thesis.
  • The essay’s relevance to the banking and financial industry, the labor market, trade unions, employees or employers.
  • The topicality of the subject.
  • The essay's interest from a trade union perspective.

Applications should be sent to: uppsatsstipendium@finansforbundet.se  

Submissions must be made by January 31 for the fall semester scholarship and June 30 for the spring semester.  

Applications must include: 

  • First and last name  
  • Personnummer (social security number) 
  • Address  
  • Telephone number (include area code) 
  • Email address 
  • Education summary 
  • The essay  
  • Registration certificates (for each author) for the current semester from a university or equivalent place of learning.  

Höst 2022, Organisatoriska arbetet för att attrahera och behålla Gen Z. Av Josefin Mannevik och Filippa Risselborn

Vår 2022, Fondrobotar, privatspararens bästa vän? Av Anton Pettersson, Axel Rahm, Axel Ramhult, Jonas Röst, Gabriel Levin Hane och Ida Hansson Häggstrand

Höst 2021 delades inget stipendium ut

Vår 2021, Application of Artificial Intelligence Techniques to Combat Money Laundering in the Banking Sector. Av Lindona Hotis

Höst 2020, Hybridkontoret - Det nya svarta? Distansarbetets påverkan på ledarskap och arbetstillfredsställelse hos medarbetarna. Av Clara Sjögren Nyberg och Felicia Fritz

Vår 2020, Privat pensionssparande - En kvantitativ studie om vilka faktorer som påverkar det privata pensionssparandet. Av Frida Person och Sofia Widlund

Höst 2019, Toppkvinnor i Svenska banker - En kvalitativ studie om kvinnors upplevelser och erfarenheter av som hindrar karriärsutvecklingen. Av Ida Amandusson, Fanny Lundblad och Tilda Åstrand

Vår 2019, Intelligent Process Automation - Building the bridge between Robotic Process Automation and Artificial Intelligence. Av Marcus Bellman och Gustav Göransson

Höst 2018, Intern kommunikation kring hållbarhet - En fallstudie vid Swedbank och Länsförsäkringar Bank. Av Oscar Boström och Sofia Lundgren

Vår 2018, Stockholmsbörsens Aktiedrottningar - En kvalitativ studie om hur kvinnliga aktieanalytiker upplever sin yrkesroll. Av Cecilia Johnell och Julia Gustavsson

Höst 2017, Jämställdhet i styrelserummet - hjälpande eller stjälpande? - En studie om andelen kvinnor i svenska bolagsstyrelser och dess påverkan på finansiell prestation. Av Alexandra Stenberg, Ellen Erstrand och Julia Gustavsson

Vår 2017, Finansiell rådgivning - en lojalitetsfråga? Av Hanna Lundqvist

Applying for scholarships from Centrala Jämställdhets- och Mångfaldskommittén (the Swedish Central Equality and Diversity Committee)

In collaboration with BAO (the Swedish banking employers' organization), we have an equality and diversity committee that awards scholarships for essays with a clear connection to equality and/or diversity issues. Each year, the successful applicant receives SEK 20,000. You do not need be a member of Finansförbundet to apply. 

Criteria for application 

  • The essay is about equality and/or diversity. 
  • Submitted essays must have been approved by a university, at least one year before the application is made. 
  • Applicants must approve use of the article by the Equality and Diversity Committee, BAO and Finansförbundet. 

Successful applicants will be required to present the essay to invited guests from the banking and finance industry and the Equality and Diversity Committee.

Applications should be submitted between June 1 and August 15. Application forms are available on the BAO website. Decisions made by the committee cannot be appealed. 

Essays are assessed on the following criteria: 

  • Relevance to equality or diversity issues. 
  • Innovative thinking and the potential to effect change. 
  • Relevance to the banking and financial industry. 
  • The topicality of the subject. 
  • Quality and educational content. 

Contacts 

Kristina Heyman, Finansförbundet kristina.heyman@finansforbundet.se 

Johan Magnusson, BAO, johan@bao.se

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